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$26 million needed for colonia  project Print E-mail

 

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District 1 Commissioner Ricardo Longoria expresses his concern on the planned FM 511-802 project during last Tuesday’s Brownsville City Commission meeting.

 

The city has increased the amount of money it is seeking from the Texas Water Development Board to improve and install first-time sewer services for the FM 511-802 colonia.

Brownsville city commissioners approved a resolution last Tuesday seeking $26 million from the state agency for the project.

David Abrego, a senior coordinator for the Water and Wastewater Engineering Department of the Brownsville Public Utilities Board, told the

 
Estudiantes de teología de Nueva York se interesan en asuntos fronterizos Print E-mail

 

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Union Theological Seminary students and Daisy Machado (right), the seminary’s academic affairs dean, listen to Zavaleta’s lecture. The students visited the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this month to study its culture and justice issues.

 

By Joe Molina

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Nueve estudiantes y una decana de Union Theological Seminary en Nueva York pasaron 10 días en Brownsville con el objetivo de observar de cerca a la frontera, su cultura y sus problemas.

Daisy Machado, decana de Academic Affairs y profesora de historia eclesiástica en Union, ha coordinado excursiones similares durante los últimos 17 años. Esta visita de 10 días cubrió 10 temas diferentes y da seguimiento al curso de historia de la iglesia latina y creencias religiosas impartido

 

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